“For I found the pure gem, when the daybeam returningIneffectual gleams on the snow-covered plainWhen to others the wished-for arrival of morningBrings relief to long visions of soul-racking pain.” —Percy Bysshe Shelley – On An Icicle That Clung To The Grass Of A Grave

“Thank you,” the old man said. He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride. Ernest Hemingway – The Old Man And The Sea

“I’ve dammed these emotionsTo keep my lanterns litShaken by this longingYou course through my veinsIn my mind, I can’t make sense of itCan’t see the sun for the daylightI can’t feel Your breathFor the windI get so used to these shadowsAre You comin’ back again.” Jars of Clay – The Edge Of Water

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. Eleanor Roosevelt

“You belong among the wildflowersYou belong somewhere close to meFar away from your trouble and worryYou belong somewhere you feel free.” Tom Petty – Wildflowers